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Télécom – Madamobil porte plainte contre l’État
L’Express de Madagascar | 15-Aug-2017
Les investisseurs de Madamobil viennent de déposer une plainte contre les autorités. Un centre d’arbitrage à Washington est en charge du dossier.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Madagascar , Mauritius , telecommunications
«Le moratoire de Québec était légitime», dit le Centre québécois en droit de l’environnement
Le Devoir | 12-Aug-2017
Québec était en droit d’instituer un moratoire sur la fracturation hydraulique et Ottawa ne devrait pas compenser Lone Pine.
keywords: Canada , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
Business groups to the administration: Keep ISDS in NAFTA
Politico | 10-Aug-2017
More than 100 U.S. business groups and associations are pushing the Trump administration to not only preserve investor-state dispute settlement and related provisions in an updated NAFTA agreement but to also strengthen them to further protect intellectual property and interests.
keywords: corporate interests , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Perú: Odebrecht advierte que irá a arbitraje si se retrasa venta de Gasoducto Sur
La República | 9-Aug-2017
El representante de Odebrecht en Perú, Mauricio Cruz, advirtió que la constructora recurrirá a un arbitraje internacional si se pospone la venta de sus acciones en el proyecto Gasoducto Sur Peruano que, en su opinión, debe concretarse en enero de 2018.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru
NAFTA renegotiation: ISDS reform objectives
Lexology | 8-Aug-2017
ISDS reform is one of several “negotiating objectives” announced last month by the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
Derrota de Argentina revela falla para renegociar el TLCAN
Eje Central | 8-Aug-2017
Cortes para proteger inversiones se han corrompido hasta convertirse en fábricas de dinero.
keywords: Argentina , corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
BUCG v. Yemen decision clears jurisdictional hurdles for investment claims by Chinese state-owned enterprises under the ICSID Convention
Lexology | 7-Aug-2017
The Tribunal dismissed Yemen’s allegations that state-owned enterprises in the PRC were precluded from bringing claims under the ICSID Convention.
keywords: China , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Yemen
The Bilcon NAFTA tribunal: a clash of investor protection and sustainability-based environmental assessments
SSRN | 4-Aug-2017
The Bilcon tribunal ruling raises a number of concerns about the ability of investor protection tribunals to properly assess whether a foreign investor has been treated fairly under a domestic environmental assessment process.
keywords: Canada , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
India may deviate from model BIT to meet Canada’s demands
The Hindu | 4-Aug-2017
As talks with Canada began before model text was approved by Cabinet, deviations may be allowed.
keywords: Canada , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
The political economy of the investment treaty regime
Lauge Poulsen | 3-Aug-2017
This book synthesises and advances the growing stock of literature on the investment treaty regime by integrating legal, economic, and political perspectives.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS